In October, Amanda Rome was named executive vice president and, group president – of utilities chief customer officer of Xcel Energy, an electric and natural gas utility headquartered in Minneapolis. The first woman in company history to serve in that role. Rome is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Xcel Energy’s four operating companies as well as the Customer Energy and Transportation Solutions and Customer Care organizations. Prior to this role Rome served as general counsel for Xcel Energy, responsible for the company’s overall legal strategy and law department. Previously she served as vice president, deputy general counsel where she led the company’s regulatory, commercial and environmental groups across all jurisdictions, and the head regulatory attorney for Xcel Energy nationwide with responsibility for all federal and state regulatory jurisdictions. Rome joined Xcel Energy in 2015 as the lead regulatory attorney for Xcel Energy’s northern jurisdictions. Xcel Energy serves 3.7 million electric customers and 2/1 million natural gas customers across eight states.